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I  thank  God  most  heartily,  that  by  his  kiud  providence  and  the  bless- 
inir  of  health,  I  have  been  enabled  to  earn  money  enough  (by  making 
brooms,)  to  get  this  little  pamphlet  printed  so  that  I  can  offer  it  to  the 
public. 

It  is  rather  hard  to  believe  that  we  are  doomed  to  meet  so  much  oppo- 
sition, and  overcome  so  many  difficulties,  when  we  attempt  to  do  good  to 
our  fellow  creatures  by  proposing  a  new  way  of  living,  that  is  as  much 
better  than  our  present  way  as  good  improved  apples  are  better  than  crabs. 

3Iy  book  is  small,  bnt  it  contains  the  wisdom  of  a  life  of  59  years, 
obtaiiie'l  by  careful  study  and  calm  and  sober  reflection.  If  it  shcmid 
1)C  eoiiic  f  ojtular,  I  may  extend  a  second  edition  to  sixteen  pages. 

All  good  folks  are  reijuested  to  buy  this  little  offering  and  read  it,  and 
reflect  upon  its  contents.  WM.  GOULD, 

•  Bates,  Sept.,  18, 1869. 


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.  DfTRODUCTION. 


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"  O,  ■ecnes  rarpsMing  fable,  and  yet  true, 
Scenes  of  accomplished  bliss !  which,  who  can  see, 
Thon^  but  in  distant  proepoct,  aad  T2ot  f oel 
His  soul  refreshed  with  foretaste  of  the  joy?  " 


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"  The  Kingdom  of  Heavhn  is  at  hatid."  That  is,  a  state  of  happiness 
is  at  hand — so  near  by  that  we  can  get  a  glimpse  of  it  now  and  then.  Now, 
a  happy  state  or  condition  is  what  we  all  desire ;  in  fact,  happiness  is  the 
chief  end  of  man.  Aye,  it  seems  to  be  the  end  and  aim  of  all  existence 
whatev  er.  And  this,  if  nothing  else,  makes  us  all  brethren,  and  possessed — 
endowed  by  our  Heavenly  Father — with  equal  rights.  And  these  rights  are 
inalienable — can  never  be  taken  away 

Happiness  seems  to  be  within  our  reach,  but  when  we  put  forth  our  liand 
to  take  it,  it  eludes  our  grasp.  Mankind  are  never  happy,  or  if  they  are,  they 
are  loth  to  own  it.  But  we  are  all  looking,  hoping  for  comfort  hereafter,* 
some  in  this  world  and  some  in  the  world  to  come. 

When  we  take  a  bioad  view  of  society  as  it  is,  we  see  many  things  wrong 
that  might  easily  be  righted ;  but  one  condition  is  wrong  because  another  is 
wrong,  and  another  is  wrong  because  yet  another  is  wrong.  And  so  society 
is  out  of  Hx  like  a  clock,  and  social  reformers  generally,  I  believe,  wish  it 
taken  apart  and  put  together  again  in  a  different  way,  just  as  a  clock  tinker 
does  a  clock,  and,  if  necessary,  repeat  the  experiment,  until  all  the  parts  shall 
work  together  harmor>iously. 

We  find  some  of  our  institutions  are  wrong :  for  example,  the  peculiar  one 
of  slavery,  that  was  the  principal  cause  of  our  dreadful  civil  war.  Now 
as  we  have  our  Congress  and  our  State  Legislatures,  with  a  great  plenty  of, 


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books  and  papers  to  model  and  re-model,  construct  and  re-^nstmct,  oar  iikiti- 
tutioDs  i«  it  not  a  more  feasible  project  to  alter  them,  than  to  change  our 
hc4irts,  or  to  try  to  get  God  to  do  it  ?    If  then,  the  fault  in  in  our  la^s,  cus 
toms  and  habits,  let  us  try  to  remedy  our  ctIIs,  by  re-modeling  them^  instead 
of  trying  to  get  God  to  make  us  over,  as  if  He  had  made  us  wrong  I 

Let  us  uniti  and  organize  an  industrial  company^  and  build  up  a  model  town^ 
wherein  overy  one  condition  is  right,  because  the  othex  conditions  are  right, 
and  V.  here  all  the  conditions  being  righ^  the  result  will  be  harmony  and 
b}ii»})in('ss.  But  wc  must  have  a  plan.  This  vast  improvement  muft  exist  in 
tbt'ory  or  imagination  before  it  can  exist  in  fact    -- 

*Give  to  the  mind  worthy  objects  on  which  to  spend  its  strength,  and  it 
will  not  riot  in  wantonness.'* — F.  Wbioht. 


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UTOPIA. 


Utopia  is  a  word  inrented  by  Sir  Thomas  3Ioore,  and  is  the  name  of 
happy  community  that  never  existed  only  in  theory  (that  we  know  «.>f.| 
Christ  taught  us  to  pray  for  a  kingdom  of  heaven,  state  of  happiness,  oi 
earth  and  all  good  people  do  pray  and  hope  for  such  a  good  tiiiic  ccmiug. 

Do  we  not  all  hold  these  fact*  to  be  self-evident :  that  all  men,  ihat  is 
every  man  and  woman,  are  endowed  by  their  creator  with  an  iralioDabl] 
right  to  life  and  liberty  in  the  pursuit  of  happiness  ?  Then,  J'  course, 
is  really  right  for  us  to  be  happy  in  this  world.  Well,  what  hiLae^^ 
"Will  anybody  doubt  that  we  should  be  happy  if  the  conditions  were  alj 
favorable  ?  Now  I  will  assume  it  to  be  self-evident  that  we  tin  have  ant 
do  have  some  of  the  conditions  right.  We  have  a  good  soil  and  cliuiut< 
we  have  railroads  with  locomotives,  machinery  for  spinning  and  wravin* 
knitting  and  sewing,  reaping  and  mowing.  We  have  galvanic  batteries 
pianos,  organs,  velocipedes  and  planchettes.  If,  then  we  can  by  our  industrj 
and  invention,  have  some  of  the  conditioiis  right,  why  not  r,  7  of  theiu  ? 

I  venture  to  prophecy  that  the  world  is  coming  to  a  better  order.     An< 
why  ?     Because,  it  only  requires  that  there  should  be  a  proper  place  foj 
every  person  and  thing,  and  every  person  and  thing  in  tuut  proper  placel 
But  to  my  story.  I 

I  will  speak  of  Utopia  as  if  it  were,  in  reality  now,  what  I  1.  »pc  it  will 
be  some  years  hence.  I 

Suppose  it  located  in  a  central  part  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  aUo  a  ccnj 
tral  part  of  the  United  States,  13  miles  west  of  the  city  of  Sprinii^ielifl 
Here  are  four  sections  of  land,  four  square  miles,  surrounded  by  a  strond 
hedge  of  Osage  Orange;  the  Toledo  Wabash  &  Western  Railroad,  goind 
west,  passing  through  its  centre.  A  horse  railroad  crossing  this,  cuts  ij 
into  other  equal  parts.  Outside  of  the  hedge  is  a  belt  of  timber  or  foresj 
half  a  mile  in  width.  This  forest  is  carefully  kept,  for  it  breaks  the  wind] 
modifies  the  atmosphere,  shelters  the  cattle  and  beautifies  the  landscape] 
besides  fomiBhing  timber  for  hundreds  of  purposes.  Half  a  mile  insidJ 
of  the  hedge  that  skirts  the  forest,  is  another  strong  hedge.     Betwoeil 


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:hese  two  are  the  pastures,  meadows  and  barns  for  the  use  of  the  stool:. 
V\"ithin  the  inner  hedge  are  the  orchards,  vineyards,  cornfields  and  gardens, 
[n  the  centre  of  the  domain  are  the  buildings  for  dwellings,  factories,  mills, 
rhops.  etc.  They  have  no  steeples  there,  but  instead  of  six  or  seven 
churches  with  spires,  they  have  a  large  edifice  with  a  tower  and  observa- 
'ory  with  u  chime  of  bells  and  a  steam  whistle.  This  edifice  is  a  hall  of 
ndu^try  as  well  as  pleasure  and  worship  and  may  be  properly  called  a 
'*mjjfr^  and  is  ten  times  more  useful  than  King  Solomon's  temple  that  we 
*  -ead  of,  thou^'h  his  was  Hr.ed  with  prold. 

The  b;isement  is  S  feet  deep ;  3  below  and  5  above  the  natural  surface 
>{'  the  "round.  In  there  is  a  steam  engine  that  warms  the  whole  buildinjr 
3y  stcoiii  and  hot  air,  besides  propelling  several  kinds  of  machinery. 

There  are  also  rooms  lor  coal,  wood,  vegetables,  etc.,  and  a  water  tank  or 
:wr.,  and  a  wash  room  The  ground  is  thoroughly  drained  about  here  and 
lii'lilv  eultivatcdfor  choice  fruits  and  flowers. 

On  tlie  first  floor  above  the  basement  are  store  rooms,  oflBces,  parlor, 
lininL'  room,  kitchen,  br.th  rooms  and  passages  to  the  private  closets,  in 
he  back  ground  that  are  embowered  with  climbing  vines. 

TI)ore  arc  no  fences  about  this  building  and  none  in  the  village,  except 
I  few  }  :!r<ls  for  hor.'^cs  or  mules  that  are  kept  for  teams.  The  other  stock 
s  all  kept  outside  of  tlie  aforesaid  inner  hedge. 

The  ground  plot  of  the  temple  is  in  shape  of  a  T,  the  top  of  the  T  lying 
ilong  the  north  side  of  the  railroad  100  fcot.  The  stem  of  the  T  is  200 
eet  and  is  30  feet  east  of  the  horse  railroad. 

On  the  second  floor  is  the  meeting  house  or  hall  for  all  kinds  of  public 
neetings,  religious,  political,  social  and  industrial.  There  are  three 
speakers'  stands  in  the  north  end  and  back  of  them  is  the  public  library 
md  here  also  is  the  stage  for  opera  exhibitions  and  an  organ  for  music. 
Nluch  of  the  space  on  this  floor  is  occupied  with  bedrooms  for  females  (10 
eet  irquare  and  9  feet  high)  where  they  can  retreat  from  all  mortal  ken 
md  be  alone  with  God,  or  with  a  chosen  friend.  Rooms  for  the  males  are 
)n  the  tliird  floor.     All  these  rooms  have  locks  to  keep  out  all  intruders. 

Located  in  convenic!:t  parts  of  the  edifice  are  a  post  oflBce,  telegraph 
)flice,  printing  oflicc  and  a  museum  filled  with  the  wonders  of  nature  and 
irt  to  delight  the  eye  and  impart  instruction  j  but  no  drinking  or  gambling 
;aloons.  It  has  a  dormitory  for  children,  furnished  with  everything  neces- 
jary  for  their  comfort  and  health. 

They  have  no  school  houses  to  send  their  children  to,  to  get  them  out 

)f  the  way.     Utopia  is  a  perpetual  school  and  life  there  is  always  improv- 

I  .ng.    Their  education  consists  in  a  proper  development  of  all  the  faculties. 

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All  the  arrangements  are  made  with  a  view  to  adapt  them  to  the  nature  J 
the  facilities,  the  instincts  of  men,  women  and  children. 

In  cold  weather  a  large  fire  is  kept  up  in  the  basement  night  and  day, 
heating  a  large  boiler  and  the  steam,  after  propelling  machinery,  is  con-l 
ducted  in  pipes  through,  or  into  the  rooms,  thus  warming  them  partly,  andl 
being  condensed,  flows  back  to  the  basement  to  be  used  again.     So  they 
have  distilled  water,  the  purest  and  best  for  most  purposes.     And  if  they] 
save  their  rain  water  there  will  be  but  little  use  for  wells,  I  think. 

Besides  the  warmth  of  the  steam  pipes  to  produce  the  proper  tempera- 
ture, they  can,  by  a  simple  contrivance,  let  in  hot  air  from  the  rooms  below] 
and  thus  keep  a  healthy  circulation  j  opcnin^  the  ventilators  when  neces- 
sary.    The  bath  rooms  are  supplied  with  water,  cold  and  hot,  but  thcyj 
need  but  a  small  quantity  for  drinking,  for  they  are  a  temperate  people. 

No  coffee,  tea,  tobacco,  whiskey  or  razors.  They  trim  their  beards  wit! 
shears  and  do  not  drink  at  all  when  eating,  because  eating  temperately  oi 
simple  food  does  not  create  any  unnatural  thirst ;  and  the  saliva  secretec 
by  the  glands  is  amply  sufficient  to  moisten  the  food  properly  if  eatei 
leisurely  as  it  should  be. 

The  flesh  of  animals  is  not  considered  a  necessary  article  of  food;  an( 
so  it  is  only  eaten  when  fruit  and  vegetables  are  sc.irce.  Being  temperate 
in  eating  and  drinking,  they  are  temperate  in  other  things.  Temperance 
is  the  most  important  lesson  of  their  lives.  At  a  given  signal  each  one  oi 
500  takes  his  place  in  rank  or  file  and  marches  by  martial  music  to  tht 
common  table.     Other  hundreds  eat  at  other  places. 

To  wash  their  dishes,  they  are  set  into  a  series  of  racks  which  desceni 
into  hot  water,  and  being  heated,  and  each  one  by  itself,  they  soon  dry 
themselves  and  are  ready  to  be  returned  to  the  table.     Knives  and  foil 
are  sec   red  by  machinery.     The  cooking,  and  especially  the  baking, 
done  on  a  large  scale  and  by  those  who  know  how.     The  bread,  I  belie\i| 
is  raised  by  gas. 

All  the  trading  with  the  rest  of  the  world  is  done  by  two  or  three  com] 
petent  persons.  So  they  get  their  foreign  goods  at  wholesale  prices;  some] 
times  not  over  half  what  the  poor  isolated  man  has  to  pay.  But  most  oi 
the  necessaries  of  life  are  produced  ut  homo.  They  raise  their  own  food] 
make  their  own  cloth,  print  their  own  paper  and  send  it  to  whoever  want^ 
it  without  price.  They  produce  flax  and  make  the  fiber  into  cloth  an( 
the  seed  into  oil.  They  make  maple  sugar  and  beet  sugar,  and  sorghui 
syrup.  They  have  a  broom  factory,  paper  mill,  blacksmith  and  carpente^ 
shops.  These  are  some  distance  away  from  the  edifice,  because  of  tin 
litter.  They  have  an  elevator  and  mill,  both  together.  But  the  mil| 
has  no  bolt.  Wheat  is  ground  and  treated  like  Indian  corn .  The  breat 
is  much  more  wholesome  than  if  made  of  fine  flour  only. 


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1   The  Utopians  are  ever  ready  to  take  advantage  of  any  improvement  of 

.rny  kind.     Their  churn  is  like  the  old  fashioned  dash  churn ;  bat  the 

r  anJle  is  hollow  and  has  a  valve  in  the  upper  end  to  force  the  air  into 

|!ie  cream.     They  make  cheese  on  the  factory  plan.     The  washing  is  done 

>y  the  power  of  steam.     The  clothes  are  put  into  a  large  wheel  like  a 

juirrel  cage,  that  revolves  ic  water  mixed  with  soap  and  borax,  and  they 

re  cleaned  without  being   torn.     Then  they  are  dried  on  a  revolying 
,  Dncern. 
,      They  have  no  reaping  machines,  for  the  grain  is  threshed  with  a  one- 

orse  machine,  from  the  straw  without  cutting  it,  and  dried  by  hot  air 

•om  the  enirinc  of  the  mill.  ,, 

^    They  u:sc  the  Jerusalem  wagons.     The  hubs  are  of  cast  iron,  axles  of 
^^.ecl  and  have  friction  rollers.     The  tire  is  5  inches  wide,  so  they  do  not 

>lt  much,  nor  sink  in  the  mud.     Xo  bad  roads  there. 
^'  They  use  wood,  coal  and  some  fluids  for  fuel  and  light,  and  hope  soon 
»i»  be  able  to  use  the  newly  discovered  electric  light  that  is  said  to  outshine 

ic  noon  Jay  sun. 
li  They  have  no  hogs  there,  either  animal  or  human,  and  not  more  than 
Krec  or  four   dogs.     No  wolves  in  sheep's  clothing.     No  bulls  or  bears 

iside  of  the  hedLre.  No  lawyers;  for  disputes  are  settled  by  arbitration 
I  ojpriest.s;  but  all  are  allowed  to  worship  God  every  day  by  doing  some 
s?eful  work.     No  doctors  by  profession,  whose  profit  depends  on  the  sick- 

2SS  of  the  people.  No  sickness  there,  to  speak  of,  for  the  people  are 
jjmpcrate.  No  slaughter  houses,  flowing  with  blood  and  cruelty.  No 
•^.^ieds  Of  worms  are  sufi'ered  to  go  to  seed.     Noxious  insects  are  very  scarce 

id  bedbugs,  fleas  and  lice  are  unknown.     No  night  soil  stenches,  such  as 

e  common  in  cities  ;  they  use  the  dry  earth  for  deodorizing,  and  all  putri. 

in;^  substances  are  burned  or  buried  in  the  soil  in  season.     The  rieh 

»p    '^ 

•airie  soil  is  dug  two  feet  deep,  and  finely  pulverized  by  steam,  for  the 

^I'owing  of  grapes,  pear.s,  pic-plant,  asparagus,  apples,  berries,  etc.,  etc. 

•^.,0  beggars  there,  for  all  have  profitable  employment.     No  pawnbrokers, 

^^)  extortioners,  taking  twenty  per  cent,  for  the  use  of  money.     No  land 

j^'ccuhitorsj  no   nabobs;   no  murderers;    no  lunatics;  no  seduction  and 

•sertion  of  innocent  females ;  no  prostitution  ;  no  infanticide ;  no  suicides ; 
^)  drones. 
Instead  of  such  nuisances,  there  are  beautiful  groves  of  fruit  treeS) 

iwers  of  grape  vines,  gravel  walks  with  flowery  borders,  perfumed  breezes, 

om  odoriferous   strawberry  beds,  apple  blossoms,  and  roses  and  sweet 

iar,  with  music  of  birds  and  flowing  brooks. 

Now,  about  the  manners  and  customs  of  the  Utopians.    "As  a  man 

mketh,  so  is  he/'    They  believe  that  God  and  Nature  are  the  fiUher  and 

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mother  of  all  mankind  and  consequently  that  all  men  are  brethren,  having 
equal  and  inalienable  rights  to  life  and  liberty  in  the  pursuit  of  happiness.] 
They  believe  the  Sabbath  was  made  for  man,  and  this  and  all  other  institu. 
tions  should  be  adapted  to  his  nature,  to  hisTaculties  and  instincts.     Theyl 
believe  that  oar  original  nature  is  goodj  that  we  were  designed  for  some! 
good  purpose,  and  that  we  shall  answer  that  purpose.     Their  faith  is 
anchored  in  the  immutable  laws  of  the  universe,  which   are   sure    and| 
steadfast.  ^^ 

So  life  in  Utopia  is  a  continual  Sabbath ;  and  their  work  is  a  continua  ] 
worship.  Their  religion  is  in  every  day  practice,  and  their  practice  is  al 
constant  tribute  of  gratitude  to  the  Great  Spirit,  the  spring  of  all  our  joys.] 
They  use  no  arbitrary  physical  force  to  compel  any  grown  person  to  believe 
or  to  do,  or  not  to  do,  what  seems  right  or  wrong,  to  some  other  one,  but 
leave  all  blaming  and  punishing  to  God,  who  made  us  and  in  whom  we  I 
live  and  move  and  have  our  being.  Instead  of  scolding,  there  is  singing! 
and  whistling.  Girls  can  whistle  as  well  as  boys,  and  they  sometimes  all] 
join  in  a  dance  after  whistling  music. 

Whenever  an  election  is  necessary,  all  men  and  women  over  the  age  ol 
twenty,  who  can  read  and  write,  have  a  voice  in  choosing  the  leaders  of  I 
companies  in  this  great  industrial  army.     When  any  great  work  is  to  be 
done,  there  is  a  call  for  volunteers,  as  in  the  case  of  our  civil  war;  and! 
thus  the  work  is  done  by  those  who   like  to  do  it,  and  useful  work  is  a| 
blessing  and  not  a  curse. 

They  do  not  follow  the  Paris  fashions  in  dress,  but  wear  whatever  theyl 
find   to  he  most  convenient,  comfortable  and  economical.     The  females 
sometimes  wear  hats,  coats,  pants  or  boots,  and  are  not  ashamed,  any  morel 
than  Adam  and  Eve  were  when  they  wore  nothing. 

The  cost  of  living  there  is  much  reduced,  on  account  of  the  economy  in 
food,  clothing  and  every  thing  else.  Consequently,  the  members  of  this 
harmonious  family  are  not  overworked.  One  stereoscope  with  one  hun- 
dred pictures  does  nearly  as  well  for  the  whole  town,  as  it  would  for  a 
family  of  seven  souls,  and  so  of  other  things.  They  sleep  on  spring  beds, 
with  matrasses  and  blankets ;  no  need  of  feathers,  for  the  rooms  are  kept 
at  a  proper  temperature  all  the  time. 

Women  there  have  their  freedom  and  their  rights.  So  they  have  con- 
trol of  sexual  commerce.  Children  are  begotten  in  love  and  made  wel.^ 
come  into  the  world  in  a  scientific  manner — healthy  and  strong.  The 
parents  do  not  own  each  other  as  exclusive  property,  by  civil  law,  but  they 
are  one  in  purpose,  according  to  Nature's  law — God's  la^ — of  love.  "  My 
beloved  is  mine  and  I  am  his."    Consequently  there  is  perpetual  court- 


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hip.     Men  and  women  as  well  a*  ^rirls  and  boys,  ever  trying  to  please  and 

.  lerit  each  other's  esteem.  ■ 

n   The  land  and  all  other  property  helonas  to  the  great  family,  so  there  is 

jo  use  for  money,  only  by  the  traders;  but  instead  of  money,  the  love  of 

hlod  and  liis  creaturoHi  is  the  prevailing  eurreney ;  of  this,  every  one  gets 

yist  what  he  or  slie  de>erves  and  no  more. 

I    Xo   selfishness    there :  they    hardly  know  the    difference  between  mine 

"nnd  fJi'/i' ;  so  there  is  no  vexation  in  borrowing  or  lending.     All  are  tau<rht 

->he  careful  use  of  all  thinirs.     Instead  of  selfishness   and  bijrotrv,  there  is 

J     oleration   and  charity,  and  why?  because  every  thing  is  in  its  place — a 

olace  for  every  person  and  thing,  and  every  person  and  thing  in  its  place, 

•(tiakes  a  heaven  on  earth.     A  clock  will  tell  truth  when  every  part  is  in 

^  ts  place,  or  in  otlier  words  when  the  conditions  are  right ;  and  is  not  man 

^;(is  good  a  machine  as  a  clock?     3Ian  is  the  noblest  work  of  God,  and  it 

tllesigned  for  good  purposes.      God   has  made  the  bees  and   birds,  and 

.  'ndowed  them  with  instincts  to  guide  them  to  a  proper  destiny;   has  man 

k  10  such  instinct  i*     My  conclusum  is,  that/inan  is  endowed   with  such  an 

i,nstinet;  then  I  must  further  conclude  that  all  would  do  right,  if  they 

1  vere  in  rii;ht  conditions.     In  Utopia  the  conditions  are  right ;  one  condi- 

\xion  is  right  because  other  conditions  are  right,  and  other  conditions  are 

sight  because  yet   others  are  so.     Who  will  steal  if  his  wants  are  all  sup- 

^(plied?     Who  will   deceive  another  if  there  is  nothing  to  be  gained  by  it? 

j^(^Vhere  love  is  free  there  will  be  no  seduction  and  desertion ;  there  is  no 

^prostitution   where  there  is  no  cau.se  for  it.     In  Utopia  each  person  owns 

niimself.  is  constantlv  in  the  love  market,  bat  is  never  sold  or  bouo:ht  in 

,3(:he  barbarous,  civil  < ')  matrimonial  market. 

I,"    The  children  are  under  the  tuition  of  their   mothers  until  ten  years  of 

■Qige,  and  in  some  cases  do  not  know  their   own  father,  but  they  do  know 

ijill  those  who  treat  them  with  parental   kindness.     Was  not  Jesus  an  ille. 

•a^itimate  child,  and  was  he  not  one  of  the  greatest  and  best  men  that  ever 

.^jlived,  though  he  said  -who  a/-'  nn'  mother  and  my  brethren  ? 

.Q     There  in  the  happy  Eden  of  Utopia,  Love  is  J  re:.     Holy  and  divine 

)  iittributi  of  the   Lrreat   -I  am.'*     Righteous,  heavenlv,  sweet  attraction! 

.(,/evcr  exalting  the  sensibility,  ever  predisposing  to  all  that  is  good,  invigo- 

.axatiuir  and  fortifvinL'  the  soul  of  man  airainst  all  low  desires  and  base  lusts 

)  pf  the  flesh;  purifying  the  heart,  correcting  the  disposition,  and  stimu- 

^  ylating  useful  ambition:  regulating,  refining,  ennobling,  pervading,  warm- 

\^ng,  inspiring,  enlivening,   uniting,  producing,    happifying  love  is  free. 

'yiGlory  to  God  ia  the  highest !  Peace  on  earth  and  good  will  to  man — woman 

^'iaincluded  '. 

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Education  forms  the  mind  and  makes  the  man.  Eutopia  is  like  a  well 
disciplined  army.  The  children  are  well  cared  for,  and  are  trained  to  use- 
ful work  that  is  suitable  to  their  tastes  and  abilities;  they  work  in  compa- 
nies, and  being  in  the  constant  care  of  their  captains,  there  is  but  little 
chance  for  them  to  do  any  mischief;  profanity  and  vulgarity  are  unknown. 
Ten  boys  fifteen  years  old,  can  plow  forty  acres  in  two  days,  and  the  next 
two  days  another  set  of  hands  can  plant  it  before  the  ground  gets  too  dry. 
Thus  they  have  the  advantage  of  union.  Twenty  boys  and  girls  of  ten  or 
fifteen  years  can  glean  a  corn  field  of  eighty  acres  in  three  hours,  ant^get 
forty  ^bushels  of  corn.  And  such  useful  work  is  pleasure  instead  of  its 
being  a  punishment  or  eurse. 

The  government  of  Utopia  is  a  small  affair  and  very  simple,  so  that  all 
ottk  vnderstaod  the  rolen  and  govern  themselves  accordingly.  Contention 
i^iiot  carried  on  by  lawsuits — t)  fatten  lawyers — but  disputes  are  settled 
on  the  spot,  by  arbitration,  u:iuer  the  management  of  the  captains,  who 
are  generally  persons  over  fifty  yours  of  age ;  but  being  ail  destitute  of 
separate  property,  there  is  very  little  to  contend  about;  and  being  habitu- 
ally friendly,  they  tell  each  other  his  failings  without  giving  offense. 

No  one  has  any  claim  to  any  jnore  esteem,  friendship  or  love  than  he  or 
she  deserves.     This  they  all  1:0 1   so  there  is  no  occasion  for  deception. 
They  do  not  have  to  pretend  i<>  love  when  they  do  not.  so  that  fountain  of, 
lies  is  dried  up. 

The  principle  of  love  or  sympathetic  attraction  being  ever  current  and 
free,  a  man  or  woman  is  valued  accordino:  to  the  love  he  or  she  is  worth  or 
worthy  of,  instead  of  their  money  or  property. 

They  have  a  phonotypographic  alphabet  of  40  characters.  Every  letter 
has  its  own  sound  and  no  others ;  so  when  a  child  gets  the  use  of  these 
letters  he  can  spell  correctly  any  word  he  hears,  and  can  pronounce  cor- 
rectly any  word  he  «ees ;  and  thus  the  vast  labor  of  learning  to  read  and 
write  and  spell  correctly  is  reduced  about  three  fourths.  Oh,  how  very 
beautiful  is  truth  when  seen  in  its  simple  nudity  I 

They  have  a  large  library,  so  they  can  revel  in  the  inexhaustible  treasures 
of  intellectual  riches.  They  have  all  kinds  of  music ;  sometimes  a  thou- 
sand voices  with  500  instruments  make  the  evening  air  resound.  They 
dance  at  proper  times,  but  not  all  night.  They  ride  in  several  kinds  0 
carriages.  One^ kind  goes  by  steam,  on  their  smooth  roads;  another  is 
propelled  by  the  human  strength  within,  applied  to  levers  and  cranks 
Again,  for  amusement  they  run  foot  races  or  ride  the  velocipede,  or  marc 
in  processions. 

When  a  person  dies  the  body  is  burned,  (not  buried)  and  the  vapor 
thereof  ascend  into  the  heavens.  The  cost  is  less  and  then  there  is  n 
danger  of  being  buried  alive.     They  do  not  dread   death  as  somethin 


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h  very  bad.  for  they  generally  die   of  ripeness  or  full  maturity,  and  th< 

.1   depart  from  this  world  like  a  tired  person  going  to  sleep.     Blessed  aB»1 

'      dead,  for  they  rest  from  the  toils  and  cares  of  this  world  and  go  to  a  new 

A  home  of  proirress  where  their  souls  can  expand  with  new  ideas  forever. 

[r'  So  mote  it  be.     Amen.  «  .^^ ;;  >,a^ 

\u       Header,  you  have  a  rough  sketch   of  my  Utopia.     Have  you  a  prayer, 

\    a  hope,  or  even  an  ardent  wish  for  any  improvement  in  the  machinery  of 

\r\  society,  and  will  you  not  make  some  effort  to  bring  it  about  ?     If  my 

^~h  theory  is  faulty,  why,  improve  it,  or  get  up  a  better  one.     It  seems  to  me 

0  that  this  plan   so  simplifies  the  matter  that  it  will  answer  instead  of  a 
yl  church,  a  university,  a  college,  a  common   school,  an  insurance  compaUT, 
.a  a  manufacturing  company,  etc.,  etc.,  all  tliese  being  consolidated  into. 
U!      The  ingenuity  of  man  is  accomplishiui.   wonders  in  our  time  and.-; 
iishave  precedents  for  many  details  of  a  Unirury  home,  such  as  the  world  at 

.Ularj'e  has  never  yet  seen.  a. 

T     The  Shakers  live   in  large  families,  bur   marriage  is  abolished.     The 

^i(  Oneida   Community  is  in  a  flourishing  condition.     Co-operation  is    fast 

jH becoming  fashionable  in  England.     Why  not  unite  all  the  improvements 

]vin  one  't 
I  According  to  the  old  fashion,  a  man  shall  leave  father  and  mother  and 
i  leave  to  his^wife,  and  go  ftimilies  arc  to  be  broken  up.  A  unitary  home 
)lu£  Utopia,  is  a  permanent  family  -,  a  honn,  that  the  young  folks  need  not 
\Meave  until  there  is  another  one  prepared  for  them.  This  consideration 
^ojalone  seems  suflicient  to  convince  any  reasonable  person  of  the  utility  of, 
la  reconstruction  of  society  on  the  unitary  plan. 

^  1     Though  our  State  of  Illinois  has  a  law  for  the  benefit  of  such  "bodies 

corporate  and  politic,"  those  who  would  embark  in   them  may  expect 

ippposition,  as  all  improvements  have  been  opposed,  and  that  from  those 

^alB^ho  shotild  be  foremost  to  help  them  on..    Gracious  God  hasten  the  timcj 

,^.  ' -When  music  rolls  divinest  floods, 

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»\  O'er  earth,  an  Eden  clime, 

.(  ,-.  O'er  fragrant  fields  and  balmy  woods 

>^'  An  earth  without  a  crime." 

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